Is Time of the Fear Faction? No, It Has No Time to Fear

Could that possibly be the same?

If I wanted to ask something, I could go directly to Destiny. But I want to ask Time—do you think it'll even bother with me?

It doesn't just ignore you. You've been putting on this act here for so long, and hasn't it still never come looking for trouble with you?

But seriously, why exactly doesn't Time have time?

That sentence was simply too strange. Cheng Shi couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried, so he asked Deception this question.

God of Merriment fell silent for a moment, then said with unusual solemnity, "Probably because... its efficiency is too low?"

"..."

Cheng Shi gave up. He felt that asking questions would only make him look more ridiculous. But if he didn't ask, no one would ever explain these things to him. Thus, he could only seek the truth amid mockery and teasing, searching for the essence concealed beneath the illusions.

Because he always remembered what God of Merriment had said: the path of Deception was about concealing the essence.

So what essence was his Lord of Grace actually concealing?

Cheng Shi furrowed his brows. He felt that continuing to ask this way would get him nowhere, so he decided to try a different approach and play the "emotional" card.

"Lord of Grace, ever since I learned of your fear, I've become even more determined to walk the path of Deception. However, I don't want to be a pawn who knows nothing.

You planted seeds of illusion for the universe, but what those illusions ultimately grow into depends entirely on each seed drawing nourishment for itself.

I don't ask to grow the 'truest' or the most confusing. I only ask that, during this growth, I can use this illusion to shield the